Magistrates: Purpose of Their Appointment
Source: TTT
Romans 13:4
For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not carry the sword in vain. He is God’s servant, an agent of retribution to the wrongdoer.
1 Peter 2:14
or to governors as those sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right.